In May a friend and I are buying an old van/bus and converting it to an adventuremobile and traveling across the USA kayaking hot spots along the way. Do you have any suggested things we should stop in and see? The plan is to do the lower half of the USA and then come up the California coast to washington. I'm not particularly interested in the north east. Anyway, suggestions would be spiffy.

Grand Canyon

you can also cayak through the canyon, which is awesome

lol. Fuck you Chris. "I'm not particularly interested in the North East." We got White Castle up here brother.

Well, it's just that I've been up there a lot and there just isn't that much that I want to see.

Grand Canyon is definitely on the trip. Anything else?

Alamo.

Off the top of my head in no particular order:


Devil's Tower
Hels Half Acre
Sinks Canyon
South Pass City
Stop for ice cream in Farson, WY
Jackson Hole to Kayak down the Snake
Mirror Lake Highway in utah
Kayak down Provo Falls (on the Mirror Lake Highway)
Sun Valley/Ketchum, Idaho
Copper Canyon (North of Sun Valley)
Bitterroot Valley, Montana
Death Valley
Bakersfield, CA (Mad Greek & Bunboy)
Page, AZ (Lake Powel)
Rangely, CO (Pinion Seed bakery & Los Tres mexican restaurant)
Worland, WY for Maggie's Diner
Monument Valley
Moab
Zion
Cedar Breaks

I knew you'd come through supper :) It's going to be a bitch planning this trip.

There are lots of good places to go kayaking/canoeing in northwest Arkansas. The Buffalo river and the Mulberry river are two stand outs. I think there is some extreme stuff also (waterfalls and such, Cat. 5 (?)), but it's nice and relaxing for sure.

I like some of the more touristy areas.

-Carlsbad Cavern is pretty cool

As far as cool places to see, Supper pretty much tagged them all, except for Copper Harbor, MI which is pretty much God's country.

http://vwkombi.com/photos/vanfest-2005/Images/4.jpg

Off the top of my head in no particular order:


Devil's Tower
Hels Half Acre
Sinks Canyon
South Pass City
Stop for ice cream in Farson, WY
Jackson Hole to Kayak down the Snake
Mirror Lake Highway in utah
Kayak down Provo Falls (on the Mirror Lake Highway)
Sun Valley/Ketchum, Idaho
Copper Canyon (North of Sun Valley)
Bitterroot Valley, Montana
Death Valley
Bakersfield, CA (Mad Greek & Bunboy)
Page, AZ (Lake Powel)
Rangely, CO (Pinion Seed bakery & Los Tres mexican restaurant)
Worland, WY for Maggie's Diner
Monument Valley
Moab
Zion
Cedar Breaks



Shit I almost moved to Bitterroot MT.....the place is so nice it almost makes me cry.

I am thinking more along these lines:

http://www.theforumlounge.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2287&stc=1&d=1196139015

Here ya go:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&saddr=clemson,+sc&daddr=devils+tower,+wy+to:hells+half+acre+to:Worla nd,+WY+to:sinks+canyon,+wy+to:jackson+hole,+wy+to: mirror+lake,+utah+to:rangely,+co+to:monument+valle y+to:page,+az+to:cedar+breaks,+ut+to:Baker,+CA+to: death+valley,+ca+to:Tonapah,+NV+to:Twin+Falls,+ID+ to:Ketchum,+ID+to:Missoula,+MT+to:Coeur+D'Alene,+I D&mra=pi&mrcr=16&sll=45.011419,-113.291016&sspn=7.626112,14.348145&ie=UTF8&z=6&om=1

just a quick google map I slapped together that will give you some fucking amazing sights.

5,338 mi – about 3 days 20 hours

South Pass City
Stop for ice cream in Farson, WY
Worland, WY for Maggie's Diner
MoabDefinately. Grand Canyon is cool too.

I knew you'd come through supper :) It's going to be a bitch planning this trip.

try to plan as little as possible if you've got the time. Makes for more fun stories :bigthumb:

Wow! Thanks for the kick ass map! We're looking for Volkswagen Vanagons to make the trip in. It'll be the shit traveling like dirty hippies. We're planning on the trip taking a few weeks or so. I can work from the road as long as I can get cell phone service.

Copper Harbor, MI

Some good roads and you can kayak Lake Superior.

Volkswagen Vanagons

I have one thats totally stripped out that you can have for free.

You gotta find an engine for it though ;)

It's an 83.

I appreciate the offer but I'm looking for something that has insides and an engine :)

Man, you're too picky.

KEP sells an adapter kit that will let you mount your rotary in there :P

Meteor Crater
Car Hinge (can't remember exactly where that was :( )

I'm way ahead of you. I'm probably going to rebuild the stock engine but I'm definitely going to price a rotary.

Man, you're too picky.

KEP sells an adapter kit that will let you mount your rotary in there :P

Stock engine sucks. Stick a GN motor, or a 60 degree V6 (such as the LQ1 or the 3400), in there with a decent Porsche 6-speed.

Nothing like double the power, quadruple the reliability, and better fuel economy. ;)

that list of places is awesome